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The Patriot Ledger - 9/10 by Al AlexanderIt's a tossup over what's more prevalent: the laughs or the body count.

Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertThis is a delightfully goofy, self-aware movie that knows it is a movie.

USA Today - 9/10 by Claudia PuigMen in movies are often just overgrown boys, and Seven Psychopaths is out to prove it - in the most twisted, hilarious way possible.

Village Voice - 9/10 by Alan ScherstuhlRemember the shitty crime comedies every Hollywood brat tried to make after "Pulp Fiction"? It took an Irish playwright to get it right. See it with an audience.

Critic's Notebook - 9/10 by Martin TsaiThere's never a moment in which "Seven Psychopaths" seems particularly original or inspired.

indieWIRE - 9/10 by Eric KohnA less controlled and slapdash character piece than "In Bruge," McDonagh's new movie benefits greatly from a plethora of one-liners that toy with crime movie clichés in the unlikely context of writerly obsessions.

The Hollywood Reporter - 8/10 by David RooneyWhile it's way behind the "Pulp Fiction" curve, Seven Psychopaths can be terrifically entertaining.

Movieline - 8/10 by Alison WillmoreSet to a score by Carter Burwell that takes breaks for tunes like P.P. Arnold's "The First Cut Is The Deepest" and Linda Ronstadt's "Different Drum," existing in a start contrast from what's unfolding on screen, Seven Psychopaths is a ball.

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema - 8/10 by Mark PfeifferSeven Psychopaths doesn't knuckle down and decide how to answer everything tossed out for consideration, but even when it feels like little more than intellectual, postmodern spitballing, it satisfies as an exercise in storytelling.